math

Looking Below the Surface in First Grade Math!

Skills and Concepts:

Whole numbers

Read and write numbers to 20

Read and write 2-digit numbers

Read and write 3 digit numbers

Read and write ordinal numbers

Order numbers to 20

Order 2-digit numbers

Compare numbers to 20

Compare 2-digit numbers

Compare using <,> and = symbols

Perform wrote counting

Perform rational counting

Skip count by 2s,5s, and 10s

Count using a calculator

Identify even and odd numbers

Find equivalent names for numbers

Identify place value in 2-digit numbers

Identify place value in 3 digit numbers

Make exchanges among place values

Find complements of 10

Display and read numbers on a calculator

Money and Decimals

Use cents notation

Use dollars -and -cents notation

Identify equivalencies and make coin exchanges

Show money amounts with coins

Identify pennies and dimes as fractional parts of a dollar

Calculate the value of coin combinations

Addition and Subtraction

Understand the meaning of addition/subtraction

Solve addition/subtraction number stories

Make up addition/subtraction  number stories

Find /use complements of 10

Solve change-to-more and change to less number stories/diagrams

Solve parts-and-total number stories

Find patterns in addition/subtraction facts

Add/subtract using a number line

Add/subtract using a number grid

Add/subtract using a calculator

Find sums of odd and even numbers

Practice basic facts

Use mental arithmetic to add/subtract

Investigate relationships between addition and subtraction

Add/subtract multiples of 10

Add/subtract money amounts

Add 3 or more 1-digit numbers

Investigate properties of addition/subtraction

Use an addition/subtracts facts table

Make change

Visual Patterns

Create patterns with 2-dimensional shapes

Explore and extend visual patterns

Number Patterns

Count up and back on a number grid

Investigate even and odd number patterns

Add and subtract using a number grid

Find patterns in addition and subtraction facts

Sequences

Count up and back on a number line

Make and complete a number line

Count by numbers greater than 10

Complete number sequences

Solve frames -and-arrows problems with one rule

Function

Solve "Whats My Rule?" ( function machine ) problems

Number Sentences

Use symbols +, -,  =

Write/solve addition and subtraction number sentences

Write and solve number sentences with missing addends

2-Dimensional shapes

Identify 2-dimensional shapes

Create/extend designs with 2 dimensional shapes

Make a 2-dimensional shapes on a geoboard

Record geoboard shapes on dot paper

Form shapes by combining polygons

Length

Estimate and compare distances

Estimate and compare lengths/heights of objects

Measure to the nearest foot and inch

Investigate the yard and meter

Name the tools used to measure length

Weight

Use a pan balance

Solve weight number stories

Estimate and compare weights

Perimeter and Area

Investigate area

Money

Recognize pennies , nickels,dimes and quarters

Use cents notation

Calculate the value of coin combinations

Compare values of sets of coins

Recognize dollars

Solve money number stories

Add money amounts

Time

Use the calendar

Compare the hour and minute hands

Tell time to the hour, half hour,quarter-hour

Investigate a.m. and p.m.

Use digital notation

Solve time number stories

Show days/events on a timeline

Temperature

Use the Fahrenheit temperature scale

Use a thermometer

Solve temperature number stories

Use the Celsius temperature scale

Data

Collect data by counting

Make predictions about data

Make a tally chart

Make a bar graph

Record data in a table/chart

Make a line plot

Find range, mode and median

compare 2 sets of data

Read tables, graphs and maps

Use data to solve a problem

Summarize and interpret data

Probability and Chance

Explore equal-chance events

Predict outcomes

Conduct experiments